Southern Cross (disambiguation)

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Southern Cross is the English name of Crux Australis, a constellation visible in the Southern Hemisphere.

The term Southern Cross can also mean:

In transport:

• Southern Cross (aircraft), the Fokker F.VIIB/3m flown by pioneer aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
• SS Southern Cross, a sealing vessel of Newfoundland and Labrador
• MS Southern Cross (1955), the passenger ocean liner|liner
• Southern Cross Station, the railway station servicing the town of Southern Cross, Western Australia on the Prospector and Indian Pacific lines.
• Southern Cross Station, the Melbourne railway station (formerly Spencer Street Station)
• Southern Cross (automobile), an Australian automobile manufactured from 1931 to 1935

In music:

• "Southern Cross" (Crosby, Stills and Nash song), 1980s song by Crosby, Stills, and Nash
• "Southern Cross" (folk song), a Newfoundland folk ballad
• The Sign Of The Southern Cross, a song by Black Sabbath from their 1981 album Mob Rules

In television:

• The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, a 1984 anime series from Japan brought to the USA as part of Robotech

In video games:

• Southern Cross is Celine Jules' second-strongest magic spell in Star Ocean 2.
• Gryphus 1, aka the "Southern Cross" is the player's character in Ace Combat X: Skies of Deception

In business:

• Southern Cross Astronomical Society [1] in Florida
• Southern Cross Bioethics Institute [2] in South Australia
• Southern Cross Broadcasting [3] in Australia
• Southern Cross Healthcare [4] in New Zealand
• Southern Cross Healthcare Group plc [5] in the United Kingdom (Not connected with Southern Cross Healthcare in New Zealand)
• Southern Cross Telco [6] in Australia
• Southern Cross University [7] in New South Wales, Australia

In heraldry:

• the blue saltire as used on several Flags of the Confederate States of America
• the Eureka Flag in Australia
• Southern Cross Flag

Other meanings:

• Southern Cross, Western Australia, town in Australia
• the Southern Cross Cable, a submarine communications cable connecting New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, and the United States